US Patent Issued to UWM Research Foundation on March 4 for "Zeolite composites for water purification" (American, Chinese, Australian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,239,960, issued on March 4, was assigned to UWM Research Foundation Inc. (Milwaukee).

"Zeolite composites for water purification" was invented by Marcia Renata Quadros da Silva (Oak Creek, Wis.), David Garman (Lindfield, Australia), Mohsen Manjili (Glendale, Wis.) and Yan Zhang (Tianjin, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Zeolites having surface modification with graphene oxide, reduced graphene oxide, or a sulfide have utility in removing pollutants from a water supply. Pollutants include Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) and heavy metals, such as lead. POPs are adsorbed onto zeolites having surface modification with graphene oxide...